SortStack #2148 — 2032-04-26

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A roasted coffee bean 8.5 mm

   A coffee 'bean' is actually the seed of a cherry-like fruit that grows on shrubs near the equator.

2. A classic incandescent light bulb 11 cm

   Its glowing filament reaches around 2,500 degrees Celsius, yet wastes most of its energy as heat, not light.

3. A reticulated python 6.6 m

   The world's longest snake, it kills by constriction, tightening with every breath its prey exhales.

4. Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km

   The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.

5. The River Thames (length) 346 km

   It was once so polluted that 1858's 'Great Stink' forced Parliament to finally build London's sewers.

6. The diameter of the Earth 12.7K km

   Despite feeling enormous, Earth is smoother than a billiard ball when you compare its bumps to its size.

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